Graham Greene's Use Of Foreshadowing In 'The Destructors'

Foreshadowing plays a key role in both of Jackson’s short stories. In “The Lottery” the children played together in the courtyard, but in a manner that could raise suspicion to a vigilant reader; “...made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square,” (Jackson 1). This is an example of foreshadowing because not only is this an odd “game” for children, they also stack them into a pile in a specific place within the square. In a manner of speaking, Jackson displays a perfect example of foreshadowing by alluding to the rocks at the beginning of the story, and then revealing their use at the end. Then in “The Possibility of Evil” the epigraph lets the reader know that Miss Strangeworth doesn't lead as normal of a life as they'd assume; “Little do the townsfolk suspect, though, that the dignified old woman leads another, secret life…” (Jackson 1). This is an example of foreshadowing, because Jackson reveals right

Foreshadowing is used here because you get a little bit of an idea of what is going to happen in the woods and of a plot involving Tomasso.

Sergeant Major Morris warns the White family of their dreadful fate, however they do not listen and it makes the story even more suspenseful for readers. The first example of foreshadowing is when Sergeant

During the story the author often uses foreshadowing to give hints to the reader of things that will happen in the future. When the story starts, a storm is coming on a late October night. The storm symbolizes the evil approaching the town. Usually it seems a storm would resemble something dark and evil, because a stormy night is always a classic setting for something evil. At the

Foreshadowing is used when Ulrich and his men are out patrolling the woods, keeping watch for thieves. “The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm-wind, were running like driven things tonight, and there was

In “There Will Come Soft Rains”, the reader immediately knows that the house will be disrupted when Bradbury says, “Until this day, how well the house had kept its peace”(2). Bradbury foreshadows that the house’s peace will be broken, by using the phrase “until this day”, making the reader anticipate the loss of the house’s serenity. A suspenseful mood is created when Bradbury hints that the house will be bothered, the reader enters a suspenseful mood because they now know that the house will not be peaceful for long. In Bradbury’s other story, “The Pedestrian”, Mead stumbles over an uneven sidewalk where the, “cement was vanishing under flowers and grass”(1). The narrator adds on that, “In ten years of walking by night or day, for thousands of miles, he had never met another person walking, not once in all that time”(1). Mead has not seen another person on the street because they are all inside their houses watching television rather than spending time with their families. When Bradbury says that the cement is “vanishing under flowers and grass”, it foreshadows that soon this futuristic society will be taken over by nature. Foreshadowing creates an effective story because it reveals the theme that even though people can be overpowered by technology, nature can find a way to come through. Bradbury uses foreshadowing to create suspenseful

In the story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, foreshadowing is used multiple times to hint at events to come in the future. The story follows Eckels, who paid to go on a safari to the past to kill the legendary Tyrannosaurus Rex. On many different occasions characters hinted at important events that would take place. These foreshadowing lines include Travis, the safari guide, repeatedly telling the hunters to stay on the path, the man behind the desk telling Eckels that disobeying rules would result in a large fine or government action when he returns, and the conversation about the results of the presidential election.

One of the first instances of foreshadowing is the children of the village gathering rocks before the event began. “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones…” (Jackson 260) Collecting rocks did seem a bit ominous, but was quickly forgotten as the story continues. The beginning of the story ties into the end as the reader does not find out the reason for the rocks until the very end of the story when the rock are used for a murder weapon. “Although the villagers had

In one of the very first sentences in the story, readers can already observe the usages of foreshadowing. The island they land on is referred to as “Ship-Trap Island,” which hints at the danger it holds for sailors who may be passing by. A few paragraphs later, it is mentioned that the island holds a very unpleasant

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. An example of foreshadowing Wiesel exercises is when he uses Moshie the Beadle to introduce the kind of person he was before and after his experience in a labor camp. Moshie’s suffering foreshadows his and his family’s outcome. Moshie had managed to escape and return to Sighet

Foreshadowing is to show or indicate an action to be coming. Although the story is centered around Samuel, it is actually told by the passengers who witness the turn of events of Samuel and his friends Alfred,

Foreshadowing was a commonly used literary device the the author used in order to illustrate the point of view of Rainford, a character oblivious of what was to come in his future and what he was going to experience pertaining to emotional problems associated with hunting. Before Rainsford aborted his ship and swam to the mysterious island, he wasn’t sure of what laid ahead besides remarks his shipmates made before portraying the nature of an island close the area they were sailing in. (Connell pg 1) “The place has a reputation, a bad one.” This shows that Rainsford is in dangerous waters, but he doesn’t quite understand why. He also questions the words of his shipmates with a cleverly placed word. (Connell pg 1) “Cannibals?” A cannibal is when a member of a specific species eats its own flesh. This is hinting toward the idea of murder in the form of hunting for sport, one human harming another, without considering their victims emotions. Another somewhat iry form of foreshadowing which the

Another example of foreshadowing is when the painter lets his paintbrush fall down to the drop cloths after Wehling killed Dr. Hitz and Leora Duncan. The painter says that he is done painting and has had enough of the Happy Garden of Life, which is the mural he was painting and what was referred to as the characters’ perfect world. When the painter says he is done with the Happy Garden of Life it foretells the readers his next decisions. Those next decisions are him picking up the pistol, really intending on killing himself but he didn’t have the nerve, and instead calling the number; 2BRO2B. After calling this number a nice woman, just like Leora Duncan, picked up the phone and said “Federal Bureau of Termination” which shows us that he was planning on ending his life because he was done living the life he had been living. The painter then said that he would like to get an appointment as soon as

Foreshadowing is used in almost every book or story ever written. In The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, the foreshadowing is about the narrator’s little brother, Doodle. Hurst uses personification in the beginning of the book to say that a family member of the narrator died by plants speaking. Hurst also suggests that the narrator takes Doodle for granted and how he later wants to help Doodle. Then Hurst states that there was hope for Doodle and comparing the hope to leaves. The author’s purpose in using foreshadowing is that it allows him to make the short story more interesting, as well as allowing him to make the reader think about what he is writing and it lets him reveal something about the theme of the story.

Suspense is created in “The Destructors” by means of the time frame in which the gang has to do their work. The gang expected Old Misery to return home on a certain day and at a certain hour. Suspense is quickened when Old Misery returned home early and some gang members were still inside. The suspense heightened yet again as a gang member tried to stall Old Misery outside the house. Eventually, Old Misery was lured into his “Lav”, where he was locked for the duration of the home’s destruction. Suspense built in “The Rocking Horse Winner” as Paul rocked furiously for the name of the Derby’s winner. Suspense heightened as the winning name came to Paul, because he had recently had a dry spell and there was doubt concerning his luck.